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Time's up! The correct answer was McKinley

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CLASSIC ADS & JINGLES

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It's "finger lickin' good!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kentucky Fried Chicken

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PAPAL NAMES

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Not guilty

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Time's up! The correct answer was Innocent

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CLOTHING

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This Channel Island has a close-fitting knitted shirt or sweater named for it, in addition to a cow

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jersey

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GRAVE MATTERS

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Thomas Crawford's best-known work, "Armed Liberty", is the bronze atop the dome of this American landmark

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Time's up! The correct answer was U.S. Capitol Building

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GOULASH

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Beechwood & juniper branches are used to smoke Germany's Westphalian type of this meat

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ham

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THE OLD WEST

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In Old West talk, "fit" was the past tense of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fight

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MIXED DRINKS

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A teaspoon of creme de cassis is added to this to make a Kir

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Time's up! The correct answer was white wine

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WORLD LEADERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cyprus

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THAT OLD TIME NEW WAVE MUSIC

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You might think this Cars leader is married to supermodel Paulina Porizkova (& you'd be right)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ric Ocasek

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NO. 1 ALBUMS

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"Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Meat Loaf

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VIVA ANN-MARGRET!

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The Riviera was the site of Ann-Margret's marriage to him (not the French Riviera, the one in Las Vegas)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Roger Smith

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MILLIONS OF REASONS

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Like Chico in "Animal Crackers", who got paid more for not performing, she got millions from Virgin not to sing

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mariah Carey

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I'D RATHER BE SKIING

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mammoth

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WOMEN OF THE WORLD

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Under 5 feet tall & all of about 90 pounds, this frail French chanteuse was nicknamed the "Little Sparrow"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Piaf

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"YN"

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A bird of the family Sturnidae, capable of mimicking human speech

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Time's up! The correct answer was a mynah

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THE PLANETS

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In August 1989 it became the last planet encountered by Voyager 2

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Time's up! The correct answer was Neptune

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LET'S HIT IT

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Aaron Fechter invented this carnival game where you hit a mammal with a mallet

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Time's up! The correct answer was Whack-A-Mole

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IS IT "TEA" TIME YET?

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A tea room in Cambria, California is named for this kind of teapot cover--& it sells them, too

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cozy

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ACTORS' RHYME TIME

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Nolte's films

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nick's flicks

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VIETNAM

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

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

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BUGS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Crickets

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BLARNEY

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This type of sprite will lead you to the gold

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Time's up! The correct answer was a leprechaun

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SCIENCE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Albert Einstein

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BACK IN 1906

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In 1906 there were 90 of these; nearly two-thirds of them were Republican

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Time's up! The correct answer was senators

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FOOD

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Also known as an alligator pear

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Time's up! The correct answer was an avocado

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METALLICA

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A policeman could tell you the U.S. half dollar today is about 92% this metal

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Time's up! The correct answer was copper

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THE ENGLISH BEAT

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In 1964 a Shakespeare center was opened on Henley Street in this city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stratford-upon-Avon

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WHO'S THE BOSS

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Tattoo labored for this man on "Fantasy Island"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mr. Roarke

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THE 50 STATES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alaska

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POEMS ON POETS

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To hear about "My Highland Lassie" / My poor heart, it yearns / For he wrote 'em, I just quote 'em / He is...

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Time's up! The correct answer was Burns

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FOREIGN TRAVEL

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Though its slangy name suggests it goes behind, wear this in front to guard your valuables against theft

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Time's up! The correct answer was a fanny pack

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IT SOUNDS LIKE

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A pitcher who comes in late in the game, it sounds like a feeling trees have in the spring

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Time's up! The correct answer was Relief

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AUSTRALIA

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The name of this capital city is Aboriginal for "meeting place"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Canberra

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ASTROLOGY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was wood

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4-LETTER WORDS

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From the Greek word for "deep sleep", it's a deep, prolonged unconsciousness

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Time's up! The correct answer was Coma

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HIP-HOP & RAP

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This "King of Crunk" is not to be confused with Lil' Wayne

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lil Jon

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY

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While studying at Cambridge in the late 1960s, this prince showed a flair for acting in comedy revues

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Time's up! The correct answer was Prince Charles

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WON THE BATTLE

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This king of England beat the odds to trounce the French in the 1415 Battle of Agincourt

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Time's up! The correct answer was Henry V

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FRUIT

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More than 50 medications are affected by the juice of this citrus fruit; its enzymes break down the meds

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Time's up! The correct answer was grapefruit

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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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ARTHUR MILLER

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Arthur Miller's marriage to her was mirrored in his play "After the Fall"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Marilyn Monroe

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ALSO ON YOUR COMPUTER KEYS

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Football position that can be split or tight

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Time's up! The correct answer was End

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"T" TIME AT THE LIBRARY

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Check out this famous British woman's 2002 book "Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Margaret Thatcher

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NORM!

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In 1981 this "All in the Family" producer co-founded People for the American Way

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Time's up! The correct answer was Norman Lear

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BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE

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Name a girl this after the "Merchant of Venice" heroine & she'll probably grow up to like fast sports cars

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Time's up! The correct answer was Portia

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PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME

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James' egg parts

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Time's up! The correct answer was Polk's yolks

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CHEESE

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This 2004 Fox show featured the line "I'm going to Waikiki to get a bikini wax... want to meet me after your shift's over?"

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Time's up! The correct answer was North Shore

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BORN IN DUBLIN

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After the Battle of Waterloo, he said, "Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wellington

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THEN THERE'S MAUVE

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The mauve flowers of the Paulownia tree adorn the highest grade of the Order of the Rising Sun award of this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Japan

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EXPLORATION

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He wrote in his diary, "The loss of pony transport in March 1911 obliged me to start later than I had intended"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Falcon Scott

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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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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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IN THE DICTIONARY

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Maize is another word for this

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Time's up! The correct answer was corn

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HAMMERS

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Paul McCartney said this song "Epitomizes the downfalls in life"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Maxwell's Silver Hammer

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COMPOSERS ON FILM

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James Cagney in "The Seven Little Foys"

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

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POTPOURRI

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Persil is the French word for this ever-popular garnish

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Time's up! The correct answer was Parsley

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SILENCE

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The name of this branch of monks known for keeping silent comes from a 17th century Cistercian Abbey

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Trappists

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ISRAEL

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Augustus

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PRESIDENTS IN IOWA

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In 1975 Ford attended this, the subject of a 1945 Rodgers & Hammerstein film musical

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iowa State Fair

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ON THE RADIO

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Call letters east of the Mississippi generally start with W; in the west, most start with this

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Time's up! The correct answer was K

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YOU'RE UNDER A "REST"

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A braced framework for carrying a railroad over a chasm

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Time's up! The correct answer was a trestle

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BIRD HUNTING

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One of the cardinal rules of e-mail listed on insiderreports.com is to turn off your Caps-Lock

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cardinal

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YOUNG ABE LINCOLN

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Abe gained the respect of local ruffians when he held his own against one of the Clary's Grove boys in this sport

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Time's up! The correct answer was wrestling

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COMPUTER JARGON

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"Treeware" is this; it comes with software programs

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Time's up! The correct answer was an instruction manual

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POLAR EXPLORATION

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This man who sailed with Scott later made a daring trek when his ship Endurance was trapped by ice

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ernest Shackleton

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AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY

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In a Webster's Dictionary entry: imper.

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Time's up! The correct answer was imperative

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CROSSWORD CLUES "B"

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It precedes dance, laugh or flop (5)

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Time's up! The correct answer was belly

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TRAVEL & TOURISM

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cairo

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ANAGRAMMED STATE CAPITALS

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Leg hair

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Time's up! The correct answer was Raleigh

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LOST IN SPACE

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Ed White, the first U.S. spacewalker, lost one of these outside Gemini 4; he must've looked like a later "moonwalker"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a glove

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THE MOVIES

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John Larroquette played Captain Stillman in this wacky 1981 comedy about misfits in the Army

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stripes

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FASHION FROM HEAD TO TOE

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The French name of these casual summer shoes derives from a tough wiry grass that's used to make rope

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Time's up! The correct answer was espadrilles

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"PUN" JAB

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Furry Phil's Pennsylvania place for fanciful February forecasting

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Time's up! The correct answer was Punxsutawney

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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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DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY

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We've got Bud & Amstel Light in bottles, or Sam Adams "on" this syncopated style

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Time's up! The correct answer was tap

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GENERAL INFORMATION

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This title folk story guy steals a golden egg-laying hen, bags of gold & a golden harp; the "giant-cide" comes later

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jack

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YOU'RE UNDER A "REST"

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Eastern European capital city of more than 2.2 million

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bucharest

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GOING TOO "FUR"

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Rolled up, like a flag or a boat's sails

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Time's up! The correct answer was furled

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"DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG?

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Elton John saw the light of the Top 5 with this song twice, in 1974 & 1992

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"

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POETS

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After his death in 1821, a fellow poet wrote that he was fragile & was "killed off by one critique"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Keats

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SHAKESPEARE

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“Sweets to the sweet: Farewell!” were Hamlet's mother's words at this woman's funeral

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ophelia

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THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH

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In 1893 the queen seen here (Liliuokalani) became the last monarch of this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii

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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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THRILLER

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You were born to identify this author of "The Bourne Identity"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ludlum

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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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CHOPIN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Paris

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THE FORTUNE 500

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was GM

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SURVIVAL AT SEA

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Capsized off Georges Bank, Ernie Hazard survived 2 days in his underwear in this ocean

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Time's up! The correct answer was Atlantic Ocean

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HISTORY

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Every president since Taft has been an honorary president of this organization founded in the U.S. in Feb. 1910

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Boy Scouts

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ASSASSINS

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Reginald Fitzurse was among the Knights who took Henry II's remark literally to rid him of this archbishop

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas à Becket

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INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN

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Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima began playing this sport for Brazil's national team at age 17

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Time's up! The correct answer was Soccer

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NAME THE POET

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"Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote the droghte of March hath perced to the roote"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Geoffrey Chaucer

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WORD ORIGINS

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The name of this dialect comes from a Hindi word, mantri, meaning "counselor"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mandarin

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cinderella

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SCIENCE

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One mole of any substance always has the same number, 6.022 x 10<sup>23</sup> of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was atoms

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DRAMA

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Her 1946 play "Another Part of the Forest" is sometimes considered a prequel to "The Little Foxes"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lillian Hellman

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BRAND NAMES

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Elsie the Cow's "husband", his face is plastered on glue bottles

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elmer

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PLAYWRIGHTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tennessee Williams

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EXPIRATION DATES

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May 13, 1884: This inventor did not fear the (mechanical) reaper

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cyrus McCormick

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WEDDINGS

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The traditional conclusion of the pre-vow line "If anyone can show just cause why they may not be joined together..."

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Time's up! The correct answer was "let him speak now or forever hold his peace"

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THE 1990s

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was impeached him

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THE EMERALD ISLE

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This U.S. president visited his family's ancestral village of Ballyporeen in 1984

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Time's up! The correct answer was Reagan

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TELL ME "Y"

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"Meshugge" means crazy in this language of Europe's Ashkenazic Jews

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yiddish

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"D" IN HISTORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was DEWLine

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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

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At Bunker Hill, Colonel Prescott is said to have ordered, "Don't one of you fire until you see" these

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BOOKS & AUTHORS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen King

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TALK LIKE A BRIT

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If you're a British secret agent, you may have a license to kill, but you spell license this way

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WE'RE MALAYSIA-BOUND

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This capital whose name means "muddy estuary" was named for the 2 rivers that wind through it

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DRESSING

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2-word, somewhat contradictory-sounding term for the NBA's player dress code that allows dress slacks or khakis

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Time's up! The correct answer was business casual

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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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SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE

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In Story County, 5 miles northeast of Ames

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WONDER DRUGS

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The arthritis medicine lodine is an NSAID, a non-steroidal anti-this drug

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WORLD AUTHORS

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In a 1605 prologue, this Spaniard tells the reader that he has written an "invective against books of chivalry"

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BRITISH POETS & POETRY

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Prince Albert sent his copy of "Idylls Of The King" to this poet & asked him to autograph it

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WORLD LEADERS

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Former Sofia mayor Boyko Borissov is now its prime minister

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LANGUAGE QUESTIONS

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"Donde está el baño?" is Spanish for "where is" this, sometimes discreetly called "the facilities"

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SPOILER ALERT!

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1999: The first rule of this film is Brad Pitt doesn't really exist

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TOM JONES

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

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THE 14th CENTURY

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Claiming the French throne, England's Edward III invaded the continent in 1337, setting off this war

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NAME THE DECADE

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The World Wide Web gets its first page

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Time's up! The correct answer was the 1990s

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SODA POP QUIZ

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It's what gives soda pop the bubbles

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Time's up! The correct answer was carbon dioxide

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RHYME TIME

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A person who teaches you to imitate an owl

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hooter tutor

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ODD TITLES

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Gilbert & Sullivan's "Mikado", not Milne, gave us this hyphenated title for a pompous functionary

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ROCK MUSIC

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He recorded his 1982 hit album, "Nebraska", as a series of demos on a 4-track machine at home

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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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A FLY CATEGORY

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This rotating device attached to a shaft keeps an engine's speed steady

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POLITICS

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In December 1985 Cognress passed this bill in an effort to end the federal deficit

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THE BRITISH THEATRE

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Richard Attenborough, who was in the original 1952 cast of this play, helped celebrate its performance No. 20,000 in 2000

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Mousetrap

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GEHRY

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

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OH, BEE GEE

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In a Bee Gees hit, this title sort of communication means "you're telling me lies"

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Time's up! The correct answer was jive talkin'

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FRANCES FARMER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Calamity Jane

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CRAFT

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The tole type of this decorative activity was originally done on tin utensils but now uses lots of surfaces

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JULIUS CAESAR

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After defeating Pharnaces II at Zela, Caesar dispatched this 3-part message to the Roman Senate

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Time's up! The correct answer was Veni, vidi, vici

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BIBLICAL FATHERS & SONS

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Abraham was 100 years old & Sarah was 90 when this child was born to them

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AUTHOR! AUTHOR!

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"This Side of Paradise"

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THEATRE HODGEPODGE

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In a song in "The Fantasticks", "Soon it's gonna" do this, "I can see it. Soon it's gonna" do this, "I can tell"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rain

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CROSSWORD CLUES "F"

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Long crack in a rock (7)

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THE ASSASSIN'S VICTIM

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1901: Leon Czolgosz

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Time's up! The correct answer was William McKinley

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20th CENTURY NICKNAMES

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Cinema's "Man of A Thousand Faces"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lon Chaney

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"MOON"S

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It brings out the worst in werewolves

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Time's up! The correct answer was a full moon

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Toledo

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FAMOUS NAMES

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This star of "Kojak" admits he shaves his head every morning

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Time's up! The correct answer was Telly Savalas

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STARTS WITH "W"

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To wrench painfully, like your mom might threaten to do to your neck

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Time's up! The correct answer was wring

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HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oprah Winfrey

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SCIENCE GUYS

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This "Father of Genetics" is the subject of the biography "The Monk in the Garden"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gregor Mendel

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ROUGH POLITICS

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On Aug. 5, 1994 he was named independent counsel in the Whitewater affair

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kenneth Starr

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FATHER'S IN LAW

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Father was quite the cutup in Prof. Charles Fried's class at this Massachusetts law school founded in 1817

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harvard

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ASSASSINS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Medgar Evers

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HOLLYWOOD LEFTIES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Julia Roberts

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THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS

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"Everybody denies I am a genius--but nobody ever called me one!" noted this man who raised "Kane"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Orson Welles

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AMERICAN HISTORY

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In 1791 this Treasury Secretary issued his "Report On Manufactures", a critique of American industry

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alexander Hamilton

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THAT'S SO '90s

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Hello! In May 1999 scientists found this famous sheep might be susceptible to premature aging

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dolly

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A LITERARY TOUR

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Chat about Lady Chatterley at this author's birthplace museum in Nottinghamshire

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DECADES OF BESTSELLERS

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"The Godfather" & "Airport"

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

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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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SCIENCE & NATURE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bird

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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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A LA "CART"

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The 1st graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy to become president

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jimmy Carter

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GOING DUTCH

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Uncle

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THE 1990s

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In 1997 the Marlins won the Major League, Mexico the Little League & LSU the college version of this event

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Time's up! The correct answer was the World Series

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POLITICAL MOVIES

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

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

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THAT'S NO LADY...

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Abbie Hoffman

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COMPOUND WORDS

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A student's may be 3-ring or spiral bound

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Time's up! The correct answer was a notebook

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"AI"

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This 2-word term for a nanny is French for "equal"

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Time's up! The correct answer was an au pair

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RHYME TIME

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A humorous Scandinavian dwarf of folklore

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Time's up! The correct answer was Droll troll

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HOLLYWOOD THRILLER PREVIEWS?

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This emotional bond to a captor by a hostage due to stress & need for survival is the psychothriller of the summer!

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Stockholm Syndrome

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DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY

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We've got Bud & Amstel Light in bottles, or Sam Adams "on" this syncopated style

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Time's up! The correct answer was tap

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MILITARY MATTERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Task force

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NATURE

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In the South, buildings have been engulfed & trees have been smothered by this Oriental vine gone wild

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Time's up! The correct answer was kudzu

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SENIOR SENATORS

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When admiring the Stamford train station, thank this state's Christopher Dodd, who helped secure funding

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Time's up! The correct answer was Connecticut

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HIDDEN BOOKS OF THE BIBLE

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Top chefs know that Pez rarely makes it onto the menu

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ezra

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20th CENTURY ARTISTS

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This Belgian's "Mysteries Of The Horizon" shows 3 men in bowler hats; a sliver of moon hangs above each of them

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Time's up! The correct answer was Magritte

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ALL "AMERICAN"

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A gorilla named Koko learned to communicate using gestures from this

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Time's up! The correct answer was American Sign Language

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IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY

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Brunei

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Time's up! The correct answer was Malaysia

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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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OH MY GOD! YOU'VE GOT 3 "I"s

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Type of doctor who's most likely to give a patient a lollipop

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Time's up! The correct answer was pediatrician

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MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS

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They were the 2 main stars of the sequel Hong Kong knew as "Special Unit in Black Glasses Part 2"

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

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HOW NOVEL

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Agatha Christie mystery in which an heiress is murdered on an Egyptian cruise

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

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BIBLICAL QUOTES

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This disciple wouldn't believe Jesus' resurrection until he saw "in his hands the print of the nails"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas

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20th CENTURY WORLD LEADERS

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In 1958 he launched his Great Leap Forward program; it was a great disaster

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mao

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COLOGNE RANGER

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Taking nearly 600 years to complete, Cologne Cathedral is the largest in this style in Northern Europe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gothic

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HAVE A WHISKEY

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The world's most popular whiskey is this color Johnnie Walker

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Time's up! The correct answer was Red

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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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THE BIBLE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Manna

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WAR

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During this war, Major George Armistead wanted "a flag so large the British will have no difficulty seeing it"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the War of 1812

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CATHOLIC PRIESTS

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Parish priests have their own one of these, John Vianney

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Time's up! The correct answer was patron saint

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BEFORE THEY WERE SENATORS

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Later a U.S. senator, in 1962 he made a famous 75,000-mile trip

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Glenn

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BARD BITS

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Much of the action takes place in the court of the Duke of Milan in this play with another Italian locale in its title

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

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WORLD UP!

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This island that gained independence from Denmark in 1944 is below the Arctic Circle

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iceland

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APOLLO 11

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Astronomic name for the booster rocket used to power the launch

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Time's up! The correct answer was Saturn

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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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1957

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He ended his brief retirement to become chairman & president of Occidental Petroleum

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Time's up! The correct answer was Armand Hammer

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BOGIE MEN

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Sam Spade

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Maltese Falcon

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LITERARY CHARACTERS

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He tells his 10-year-old sister Phoebe that he wants to be a "catcher in the rye"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Holden Caulfield

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HOMOPHONIC PAIRS

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A complete donut center

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Time's up! The correct answer was whole hole

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MOUNTAINS

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The Waianae Mountains in this U.S. state rise up to 4,025-foot Mt. Kaala

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hawaii

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SCIENCE GUYS

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In 1610 this Italian made his biggest discovery: the 4 largest moons of Jupiter

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Time's up! The correct answer was Galileo

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OCCUPATION HAZARDS

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If this is you're job you'd be fired if this clue go t by you uncorected

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Time's up! The correct answer was proofreader

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ROAMIN' THE WORLD

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Pier 21, considered "Canada's Ellis Island", is in this Nova Scotia city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Halifax

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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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FUNDRAISING

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Keep a big donor's gifts flowing: put him on this "of directors" or "of governors"

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Time's up! The correct answer was board

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THE CIVIL WAR

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Heavy casualties at Shiloh led to calls for his firing, but Lincoln said, "I can't spare this man; he fights"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Grant

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MUSEUM HOPPING

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

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

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"EVE"NING

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Achievement

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RADIO

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Instrument struck when a contestant failed on the "Original Amateur Hour"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a gong

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WEAPONRY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was air

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MEDICAL MILESTONES

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In 1751, with Benjamin Franklin's help, the 1st hospital in the U.S. was founded in this city

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Time's up! The correct answer was Philadelphia

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CAPITOL THINKERS

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This Tennessee senator is a practicing physician

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bill Frist

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WHAT A WEEK

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In 1999 this country began 3 "golden weeks" of vacation for its vast populace, including one around May Day

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Time's up! The correct answer was China

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U.S. PRESIDENTS

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His 1791 marriage to Rachel Robards was invalid, so they had to do it all over again on January 17, 1794

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Time's up! The correct answer was Andrew Jackson

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PRESIDENTIAL FINAL MOMENTS

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The end finally came for this Pres. in Elberon, New Jersey from blood posioning after being shot

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Time's up! The correct answer was Garfield

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TOM JONES

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Tom finally learns the true identity of this person; he thought it was Jenny the maid

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Time's up! The correct answer was His mother

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INVENTORS & INVENTIONS

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After steamboat success, he was urged to work on submarine-launched torpedoes by Pres. Jefferson

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert Fulton

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ABBREVIATED STATES

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This state that acts as a conjunction between Nevada & Washington has an abbreviation that is a conjunction

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oregon

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SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES

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Near the end of "Henry VIII", this princess is described as "a most unspotted lily", who will die a virgin

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Time's up! The correct answer was Elizabeth I

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MILITARY MATTERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Task force

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WORLD FACTS

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This isthmus connects North & South America

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Time's up! The correct answer was Isthmus of Panama

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X MARKS THE SPOT

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The first winter Olympics took place in this French mountain resort

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chamonix

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GOULASH

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Beechwood & juniper branches are used to smoke Germany's Westphalian type of this meat

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ham

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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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BOOK NAMES

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Nietzsche: "Thus Spoke ____"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Zarathustra

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LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS

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This state bird of Texas belongs to the family Mimidae

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Time's up! The correct answer was the mockingbird

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BOTANY

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The flowers of this lawn weed, Taraxacum oficinale, are sometimes used to make wine

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Time's up! The correct answer was dandelions

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FAMOUS JACQUES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cousteau

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I LOVE L.A. KERS

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Kobe called it "idiotic criticism" that he hadn't (until 2009) won an NBA title without this teammate

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

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DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS

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On a sailor's chest it might say “Mother”; on Cher it's a butterfly

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Time's up! The correct answer was tattoo

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"PER"CUSSION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was perch

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BRAND-O

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Fido knows that Robert Hunsicker created this dog food brand

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alpo

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LITERATURE FOR KIDS

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This author who wrote about "The Princess Who Could Not Laugh" made us smile with "Winnie-the-Pooh"

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

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THE SHORT FORM

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If sending a Valentine to your Guamaninan sweetie, you'll need to know that this is Guam's U.S. postal abbreviation

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Time's up! The correct answer was GU

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SYMPHONIES ON FILM

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This Russian director's Mexico footage was compiled as "Mexican Symphony" in 1941

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eisenstein

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ON BROADWAY: 1970

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Anthony Quayle & Keith Baxter starred in this Anthony Shaffer mystery; the rest of the cast is another mystery

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sleuth

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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 EVOLUTION OF "M"USIC

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This '60s "Nights in White Satin" band has another color in its name

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Time's up! The correct answer was Moody Blues

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ANTIQUES

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French for "Chinese Ornament", it refers to willow pattern china & some Chippendale furniture

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chinoisserie

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FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

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In a story by Rudyard Kipling, this mongoose protects an English family from snakes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

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EXPLORERS

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His 1497-98 voyage to India opened the 1st all-water trade route between Europe & Asia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Vasco da Gama

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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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PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS

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Ulf von Euler won in 1970; dad Hans von Euler-Chelpin won for his work on the role of enzymes in this process in sugar

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Time's up! The correct answer was fermentation

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MUNICH

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Munich's motto used to be "die weltstadt mit herz", the world city with one of these

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Time's up! The correct answer was heart

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THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN!

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India to the north, east & west & Burma to the southeast

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bangladesh

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THE GODFATHER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Poe

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ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE

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In a 1971 song he "was a bullfrog"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jeremiah

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11-LETTER WORDS

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British weight system based on a pound equal to 453.59 grams or 16 ounces

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Time's up! The correct answer was Avoirdupois

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EXPLORERS

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His family friend Tyrker found vines & grapes in the new land, so he called the area Vinland

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Time's up! The correct answer was Leif Ericson

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KANSAS CITIES

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In the 1960s this largest Kansas city became the world's largest producer of general aviation aircraft

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wichita

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BLARNEY

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This type of sprite will lead you to the gold

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Time's up! The correct answer was a leprechaun

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ANTIQUES

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Fireplace tool that consists of matching shaped boards, a metal nozzle & flexible leather sides

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bellows

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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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ORGANIZED LABOR

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In 1978 legislation raised the mandatory retirement age to this

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Time's up! The correct answer was seventy

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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS

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The last British athlete to win the Olympic decathlon, he won it back-to-back in 1980 & 1984

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Time's up! The correct answer was Daley Thompson

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PIRATE MOVIES

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Anthony Quinn was a pirate stuck with stowaway children in the film "A High Wind In" this place

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jamaica

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THE BODY WOMAN

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A fertilized egg travels to this female body part & implants itself there

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Time's up! The correct answer was the uterus

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SENIOR SENATORS

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When admiring the Stamford train station, thank this state's Christopher Dodd, who helped secure funding

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Time's up! The correct answer was Connecticut

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GREAT DAMES

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She starred as Cleopatra and Olivier's Juliet, long before booking "A Passage to India"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dame Peggy Ashcroft

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BOXING MOVIES

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Before starring on TV's "Thunder In Paradise", this "Hulkster" played Thunderlips in "Rocky III"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hulk Hogan

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EXPIRATION DATES

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January 14, 1984: After passing through the golden arches

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ray Kroc

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THE HUMAN BODY

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They're also known as your zygomatic bones, & high ones are considered especially attractive

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cheekbones

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"PER"CUSSION

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11-letter word for the sac containing the heart

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Time's up! The correct answer was pericardium

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CITY FOLK

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Damascenes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Damascus residents

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SATURDAY

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

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

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HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Risk

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OCCUPATIONS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a beater

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GET SMART

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Choline may help adult brains grow; one of these breakfast items has about a third of your RDA--want an omelette?

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Time's up! The correct answer was an egg

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WARNER BROS.

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He outlasted his brothers Sam, Albert & Harry in the company, finally selling out in 1967

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jack Warner

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FAMOUS NAMES

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Ines de la Fressange was a Chanel model when she was chosen to represent this French symbol

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Time's up! The correct answer was Marianne

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WHAT A GEM!

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This December birthstone is the state gem of Arizona & New Mexico

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Time's up! The correct answer was turquoise

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TAKE OUT

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was the brain

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HIT TUNES

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"Where The Streets Have No Name", "With Or Without You"

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Time's up! The correct answer was U2

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NOTORIOUS

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Oscar Collazo, serving a life sentence for his assassination attempt on this president, was released in 1979

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Truman

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LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"

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In 1775 this island in San Francisco Bay was called "Island of the Pelicans"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Alcatraz

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CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?

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Mount Logan, Canada's highest peak, is found in this territory

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

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OLD VIRGINIA

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In 1716 Virginia's governor claimed possession of this scenic valley for England

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Shenandoah Valley

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MOVIE TRIVIA

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For the first time in '68, the Academy Awards were held in this auditorium, its current home

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

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WORLD FACTS

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In area this country whose capital is now called Yangon is the largest in mainland southeast Asia

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Time's up! The correct answer was Myanmar

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THE HUSBAND MARRIED

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Virginia Cherrill, Barbara Hutton, Betsy Drake, Dyan Cannon & Barbara Harris

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cary Grant

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PEOPLE IN HISTORY

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This Chiricahua Apache was a popular attraction at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis

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Time's up! The correct answer was Geronimo

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COME TO OUR AIDE

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In 2009 an aide to the Defense Sec. was ensnared in the scandal over a couple who crashed this White House event

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Time's up! The correct answer was the White House State Dinner

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BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Berkeley

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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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I LOVE L.A. KERS

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This Hall-of-Fame guard & former Lakers GM is said to be the model for the player depicted in the NBA's logo

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jerry West

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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

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BUD is the New York Stock Exchange symbol for this brewing company

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Time's up! The correct answer was Anheuser-Busch

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DIALING FOR DIALECTS

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While Maltese borrows many words from Italian, it developed from a dialect of this Semitic language

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Time's up! The correct answer was Arabic

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"G"ARDEN GLOSSARY

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Inserting a section of one plant into another so that they grow as one plant

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Time's up! The correct answer was to graft

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THE HAYES YEARS

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10 members of this secret society of Irish immigrant coal workers were hanged on June 21, 1877

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Molly Maguires

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ART

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"The Regatta at Argenteuil" shows this Frenchman's love of water subjects, like lilies

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Time's up! The correct answer was Monet

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TURNING 40 IN '98

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This pitcher's "Orel" history continued in '98 with a new team, the Giants

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Time's up! The correct answer was Orel Hershiser

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A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL

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

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

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BIBLICAL FATHERS & SONS

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

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

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BARD BITS

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Much of the action takes place in the court of the Duke of Milan in this play with another Italian locale in its title

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

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LANGUAGES

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This language is known by its speakers as Nederlands

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dutch

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SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS

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Mohini Bhardwaj, Courtney Kupets & their 4 teammates

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Time's up! The correct answer was gymnastics

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RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME

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A Latter-Day jury spokesperson

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Time's up! The correct answer was a Mormon foreman

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THE MAINE ATTRACTION

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Summer is the time for Whatever Week, a celebration of the Kennebec River in this state capital

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Time's up! The correct answer was Augusta

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"DEATH"

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Bubonic plague's more descriptive name

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

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WHAT TO WEAR

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Christian Lacroix popularized the pouf type of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was dress

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EDGAR AWARD WINNERS

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Writing about the world of horse racing, he's won for "Forfeit" & "Come to Grief"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dick Francis

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BORN IN DUBLIN

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This red-haired beauty born in the Dublin suburb of Ranelagh played Natalie Wood's mother in "Miracle on 34th Street"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Maureen O'Hara

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SCOTLAND

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Presbyterian

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SI's SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE

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"A ski jumping competition in" this country, Land of the Midnight Sun, "rewarded competitors for landing in trees"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Norway

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ANNUAL EVENTS

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This state's Days of '47 Festival honors the day Brigham Young reached the Salt Lake Valley in 1847

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Time's up! The correct answer was Utah

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TEENS IN HISTORY

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In 1468 this teen was recognized as heiress to the throne of Castile

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Time's up! The correct answer was Queen Isabella

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SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE

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In Story County, 5 miles northeast of Ames

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iowa

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"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY

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These are just small masses of lymphoid tissue in the nasopharynx

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Time's up! The correct answer was adenoids

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SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS

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In Act 1, Scene 1 of "Macbeth" this trio vanishes in "the fog and filthy air"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the three witches

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4-LETTER VERBS

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"Like it or" do this, meaning take or endure it

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Time's up! The correct answer was lump it

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GUINNESS RECORDS

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With an average of 80.5 years, this Asian country leads the world in life expectancy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Japan

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SAY "CHI"s

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You can "pet" this Southwestern plant, Salvia Columbariae

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Time's up! The correct answer was a chia

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HOW DO YOU...

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Attach a pencil to a string, pin the other end of the string down & move the pencil around the pin

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Time's up! The correct answer was draw a circle

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TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY

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The first of these were awarded in 1901 & they are given out yearly for Physics, Chemistry, Peace & 3 other disciplines

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

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U.S. CITIES

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This Rhode Island resort city is the site of the U.S. Navy Undersea Warfare Center

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Time's up! The correct answer was Newport

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EVERYBODY LOVES RAY

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25 years after "The Lost Weekend", he played Ryan O'Neal's dad in "Love Story"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ray Milland

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THE ROMANOV DYNASTY

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All 3 of the Romanov czars named Alexander reigned during this century

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Time's up! The correct answer was the 19th century

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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Every summer thousands of these animals go to the Pribilof Islands in the north Pacific to breed

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Time's up! The correct answer was Seals

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WORDS OF LOVE

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"In her first passion woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love", he wrote in "Don Juan"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Byron

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NEWS TO ME

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Falcon Heene, who it turned out was safe at home, not flying over Colorado, became known as this "boy"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the balloon boy

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HAVE A CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

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G'Day Mate! Room service hopped in with kangaroo-tail soup, your breakfast from this continent

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Time's up! The correct answer was Australia

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WORDS OF THE WRITER

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"Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"

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

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HEADLINES

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From the July 22, 1925 Knoxville Journal: This man "Declared Guilty"; "Bryan's Testimony Ordered Stricken"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Scopes

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DOUBLE LETTERS

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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew having a pass thrown to him by Charlie Batch of the Pittsburgh Steelers) The name of this pass pattern is also a type of fastener

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Time's up! The correct answer was buttonhook

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ON THE STAGE

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Their first commission was "Thespis" for London's Gaiety Theatre in 1871

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gilbert & Sullivan

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FROM THE FRENCH

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A term for a keepsake or memento, it comes from the French for "to remember"

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Time's up! The correct answer was souvenir

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BASEBALL

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nolan Ryan

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

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A steamy 1998 issue reports on sexual attraction in the orange sulphur species of this colorful insect

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Time's up! The correct answer was butterflies

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ODDS & ENDS

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Using beeswax, olive oil, rose petals & water, Galen invented this skin cleanser with a "frigid" name c. 200 A.D.

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Time's up! The correct answer was cold cream

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BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE

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Knowing it's from the Greek for "serpent" might turn you off this name of a doomed lass in "Hamlet"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ophelia

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JUBAL EARLY

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Before the Civil War, Early had garrison duty in the Mexican War under this man, "Old Rough and Ready"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Zachary Taylor

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GOOD CAUSES

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The LFA is a leading group battling this disease named for lesions that resemble a wolf's bite

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Time's up! The correct answer was lupus

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IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY

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Australia has an uninhabited territory named for this sea off its northeast coast

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Time's up! The correct answer was Coral Sea

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PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES

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His presidential library is about 35 miles from the Kansas City, Missouri airport

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harry Truman

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ARCHITECTS

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

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

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DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY

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If you wash your hair in the sink, you might have to deal with this heavy-shoed dance

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Time's up! The correct answer was clog

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INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN

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Vladimir Samsonov is touted as Europe's only hope against China in this game

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ping-pong

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POLITICS

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Baby book author who ran for president in '68

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

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LOST

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Presumably she was lost at sea after vanishing in the central Pacific in July 1937

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amelia Earhart

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TELEVISION

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In 1977 her own show aired on CBS just before "Maude"; now she's a "Golden Girl" with Bea Arthur

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Time's up! The correct answer was Betty White

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FEMINISM

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton's cousin Elizabeth Smith Miller first wore these trousers named for another woman

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Time's up! The correct answer was bloomers

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CHICKENS FOR FREE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was chicken Tetrazzini

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FOOD

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California vegetable with a crown & a heart

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Time's up! The correct answer was an artichoke

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HOLD THE MAYO CLINIC

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The Mayo-Gibbon bypass machine assumes the functions of these 2 different organs

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Time's up! The correct answer was Heart & lung

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OPERA

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Musetta has her very own waltz in Act II of this Puccini opera

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Time's up! The correct answer was La boheme

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BIBLICAL FATHERS & SONS

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This strongman was killed destroying a Philistine temple & was interred in his father's burying place

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Time's up! The correct answer was Samson

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TOUR OF JUDY

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Twice nominated for Oscars, this actress once studied at an Australian convent & sang in a rock band

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Time's up! The correct answer was Judy Davis

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ACTING PRESIDENTS ON TV

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On Fox, Patricia Wettig as Caroline Reynolds

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Time's up! The correct answer was Prison Break

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PEN NAMES

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2 of his pen names were rather transparent: Antosha Chekhonte & Anton Ch.

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Time's up! The correct answer was Anton Chekhov

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FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

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In a story by Rudyard Kipling, this mongoose protects an English family from snakes

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

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FAMOUS LLOYDS

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This British prime minister helped draft the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lloyd George

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LASTS

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

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

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MAGAZINES

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Conan O'Brien was the first since Robert Benchley to be president of this Harvard humor magazine 2 straight years

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Time's up! The correct answer was Harvard Lampoon

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POLITICS

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When he ran for president in 1884, the Democrats called him the "Continental Liar From the State of Maine"

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Time's up! The correct answer was James G. Blaine

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ANY FIRST WORDS?

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Aussies are familiar with this term for native inhabitants that once referred to pre-Roman Italians

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Time's up! The correct answer was aborigines

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THE VIRTUES

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You "Gotta Have" this virtue; at least according to George Michael

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Time's up! The correct answer was Faith

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A "TON" OF PEOPLE

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In the 1991 remake of "Father of the Bride", she played the mother of the bride

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Time's up! The correct answer was Diane Keaton

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WOOD & WIND

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The line "O wild west wind, thou breath of autumn's being" starts an 1819 ode by this man

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Time's up! The correct answer was Percy Shelley

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PARLEZ VOUS?

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a goose

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"T"ELEVISION

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This offbeat series on E! provides a daily recap of funny chat show highlights

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Time's up! The correct answer was Talk Soup

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MANY IRONS

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This Prusso-German statesman was the "Iron Chancellor"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Otto von Bismarck

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GETTING TICKED ON

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The chipping type of this common seed-eating little bird is a popular host for ticks

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Time's up! The correct answer was a sparrow

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FIRE!

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The Bank of America is around today because A.P. Giannini saved its currency from this city's 1906 fire

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Time's up! The correct answer was San Francisco

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FOOD

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Chop Suey, cioppini & vichyssoise were all invented in this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was U.S.A.

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PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS

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The search for the philosopher's stone is the subject of Ben Jonson's play about this title profession

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

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HITCHCOCK

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Jessica Tandy finds a farmer dead, his eyes gouged out, in this 1963 thriller

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Birds

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SCIENCE GUYS

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Not even a wheelchair & voice synthesizer can stop him from unlocking the secrets of the universe

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Time's up! The correct answer was Stephen Hawking

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RADIO DISNEY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Care Bears

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TV PRODUCERS

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The Fairmont in this city's Nob Hill was the exterior used for Aaron Spelling's "Hotel" TV series

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Time's up! The correct answer was San Francisco

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MOVIES BY ROLES

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1982: Mr. Hand, Stacy Hamilton, Jeff Spicoli

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fast Times at Ridgemont High

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SHAKESPEAREAN PHRASES

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"She speaks yet she says nothing", pines one character for his unattainable love in this tragedy

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

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THE OLD WEST

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He tried to help the town of Dolores, N.M. in 1900 by using static electricity to extract gold out of gravel

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Time's up! The correct answer was Thomas Edison

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BEN

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The Hutchinson Letters scandal got Ben fired as deputy this in 1774

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Time's up! The correct answer was postmaster general

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ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE

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"Detroit - Philadelphia, A.L. - 1905-1926... retired with 4191 major league hits"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cobb

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CELEBS

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Her 18th birthday party was "A Cinderella Story" with 300 guests & red velvet cake

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hilary Duff

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PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS

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On the web you can find A. Claude Ferguson's masterful manual on playing these eating utensils

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Time's up! The correct answer was Spoons

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ASTRONOMY

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Undetected murky stuff in the universe presumed to exist because of its gravitational effects

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Time's up! The correct answer was dark matter

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WHAT'S IN A NAME?

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This Welsh form of Margaret was among the USA's top 10 girls' names of the 1990s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Megan

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MEATS

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A long-standing tradition in France, hippophagy is the consumption of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was horse

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FIRST LADIES

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Her stepfather was Hugh Auchincloss

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jackie Kennedy

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A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE

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The prospect of an endless lawsuit winding through generations leaves a "bleak" vision

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bleak House

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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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WORMS

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In "Henry VI, Part 3", Clifford tells the king that "The smallest worm will" do this "being trodden on"

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Time's up! The correct answer was turn

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WHOSE IS IT?

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This "apple" is at the front of men's throats

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Time's up! The correct answer was Adam's apple

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AMERICAN EXPLORERS

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Jedediah Smith was a mountain man & explorer employed in this industry

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Time's up! The correct answer was fur trading

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I'M HUNGRY!

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Let's go Penn. Dutch & have this dish, bits of pork mixed with cornmeal mush, then shaped into loaves & fried

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Time's up! The correct answer was scrapple

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UP IN THE AIR

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Pilots are leery of CAT, or clear-air this, which often occurs over mountains & around thunderstorms

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Time's up! The correct answer was turbulence

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NEBRASKA, NEW YORK OR NORTH DAKOTA

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Its name does not have a Native American origin

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Time's up! The correct answer was New York

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YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA

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King Solomon is a character in "La Reine de Saba", an opera about the queen of this place

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Time's up! The correct answer was Sheba

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IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING

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"Swing Time" was the sixth film to team this pair of legendary dancers

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers

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NBA HALL OF FAMERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Magic Johnson

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HISTORIC NAMES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was George II

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ON THE BIG SCREEN

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Mais oui! In 2007 Chris Tucker & Jackie Chan headed to Paris, giving this film series trilogy status

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rush Hour

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BOTANY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dandelion

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FACTS & FIGURES

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Since 1970 the number of U.S. men aged 25-34 still living here has increased from 10% to 15%

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Time's up! The correct answer was at home

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SAINTS

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This scholarly 13th century saint was often called "The Angelic Doctor"

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Time's up! The correct answer was St. Thomas Aquinas

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FLY COUNTRIES

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Olympic Airlines

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Time's up! The correct answer was Greece

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PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS

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Last name of father & son Niels & Aage, who both won the Nobel Prize in Physics; Aage was born the year his dad won

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bohr

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GROUP COUNTDOWN

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was unit

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WHERE WORDS COME FROM

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Chinese or Malay: This tomato condiment that's put on French fries

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Time's up! The correct answer was ketchup

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KNOTS TO YOU

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The Honda is a slip knot used by cowboys to make this tool of the trade

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lasso

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SO "LONG"

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Random House says this is a "chiefly Texas" term for a bottle of beer

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Time's up! The correct answer was a longneck

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GETTING TICKED OFF

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In "The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson", this author wrote, "When angry, count four; when very angry, swear"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mark Twain

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PUT ON YOUR JAMIES

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Jamie in this family that includes N.C. & Andrew said, "Everybody in my family paints -- excluding possibly the dogs"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Wyeth

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THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s

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1965: "My Girl"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Temptations

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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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THE CIVIL WAR

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1 of the 3 men whom Lincoln defeated in the 1860 presidential election

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Time's up! The correct answer was Breckenridge

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AN ABBREVIATED CATEGORY

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To a baseball pitcher: ERA

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Time's up! The correct answer was earned run average

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THAT'S SO '90s

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His 1997 meeting with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was the first for a British P.M. & an IRA leader in 76 years

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tony Blair

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AND I QUOTE

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Kim Walker's character in "Say Anything" has this annoying habit when quoting

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Time's up! The correct answer was Making quotations with your fingers

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AIN'T THAT AMERICA

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On June 17, 1969 this controversial erotic revue opened off-Broadway; oh my!

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oh! Calcutta!

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SCOTLAND

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Macbeth

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CliffsNotes

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Title guy shipwrecks, ends up on 28-year island getaway, makes a friend, goes home

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Robinson Crusoe"

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DEAR JUNTA

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Shortly after the death of Gen. Omar Torrijos, Manuel Noriega controlled the junta that ruled this country

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Time's up! The correct answer was Panama

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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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ROGUE

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The U.S. condemned this country's October 2006 nuclear test as a "provocative act"

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THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH

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1910: King Manuel II

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CITY OF BIRTH

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Mad magazine illustrator James Warhola

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pittsburgh

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FOREWORDS

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She said that her husband Frank O'Connor was the fuel that kept her spirited while she wrote "The Fountainhead"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ayn Rand

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WORLD WAR I

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In the 1st raid of its kind in history, the British town of Yarmouth was bombed in 1915 by a German one of these

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AN E FOR AN I

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A "landing" area is transformed into a serious throat infection

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Time's up! The correct answer was strep & strip

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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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MILITARY TELEVISION

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This oldest of the Wayans Brothers co-starred with Yaphet Kotto on the 1983 drama series "For Love and Honor"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Keenan Ivory Wayans

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CELEBRITY RHYME TIME

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Ashton's meat sellers

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BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS!

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Seen here, the great horned type of this bird is found from Alaska to South America

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UP & ATOM

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No matter what element they are in, they weigh the same & their total is an element's atomic number

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PEOPLE

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M.C. Hammer earned his nickname from his resemblance to this "Hammerin'" home run king

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hank Aaron

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FOR WHOM THE "BELL" TOLLS

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Doing this, you'll hold pairs of small cymbals called zills

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Time's up! The correct answer was belly dancing

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CIVIL WAR LITERATURE

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Henry Fleming shares a tent with a loud soldier & a tall soldier in this Stephen Crane novel

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Time's up! The correct answer was "The Red Badge of Courage"

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CROSSWORD CLUES "E"

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On-screen, they're "special" (7)

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Time's up! The correct answer was effects

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MASTER OF PUPPETS

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Set in a Washington bar, this satirical political TV show was populated by puppets from Sid & Marty Krofft

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

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EAT IT!

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This Hormel product was once simply known as "spiced ham"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Spam

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FOREIGN TRAVEL

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Though its slangy name suggests it goes behind, wear this in front to guard your valuables against theft

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Time's up! The correct answer was a fanny pack

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CODES

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In "A Christmas Story", the message Ralphie uncovers using his decoder says "Be sure to drink your" this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ovaltine

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ALSO A GUN MANUFACTURER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Remington

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SPORTS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Notre Dame

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THE 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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GIRLS IN SONG

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In Ritchie Valens' day, this song about a girl was more popular than its flip side, "La Bamba"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Donna

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BEGINS & ENDS WITH "O"

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Herr Bismarck knows this given name comes from a Germanic word meaning "rich"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Otto

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LITERATURE OF THE 1800s

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This character said, "I will live in the past, the present, and the future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ebenezer Scrooge

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"I" LADS

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Nudge, nudge, wink, wink! This man seen here starred on a classic British comedy show

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eric Idle

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TECHNOLOGY

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In 1835 C.S.A. Thilorier froze this gas to create the first "dry ice"

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Time's up! The correct answer was carbon dioxide

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GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT

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If you're vulpine, you're like a fox; if you're lying on your back with your face upward, you're in this position

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Time's up! The correct answer was supine

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HOMOPHONIC PAIRS

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In a restaurant, it's a quartet's table request

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Time's up! The correct answer was for four

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WASHINGTON D.C.

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Though this mound rises only 8

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Time's up! The correct answer was Capitol Hill

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CELEBRITIES' MIDDLE NAMES

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Her middle name is Louise; her last name at birth: Ciccone

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Time's up! The correct answer was Madonna

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OPERA

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Stationed in Seville, Don Jose is bewitched by a gypsy girl in this Bizet opera

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Time's up! The correct answer was Carmen

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EARTH, WIND & FIRE

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A devastating forest fire swept through Peshtigo, Wisconsin on the very same day in 1871 as this city's "Great" fire

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Time's up! The correct answer was Chicago

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ANCIENT TIMES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Cheops

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AMERICANS IN PARIS

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In March 1971 this rocker closed the door on his band & moved to Paris to focus on his poetry

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Time's up! The correct answer was Jim Morrison

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CARY GRANT FILMS

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She done Cary right casting him as her co-star in "She Done Him Wrong"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mae West

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SKIP TO MY "LOO"

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An old gold coin equal to 2 pistoles

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Time's up! The correct answer was a doubloon

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"I" LADS

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Nudge, nudge, wink, wink! This man seen here starred on a classic British comedy show

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Time's up! The correct answer was Eric Idle

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"KNIFE", "FORK" OR "SPOON"

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Blushing crow for crushing blow, for example

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Time's up! The correct answer was Spoonerism

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SPORTS

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

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

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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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CONVENTIONS

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On "Saturday Night Live", William Shatner told attendees at this type of convention, "Get a life!"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Star Trek

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DESCRIBING THE NO. 1 SONG

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Vanilla Ice, 1990: The rapper is quite confident in both his MC abilities & his appeal to women

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

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PARDON MY "FRENCH"

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In a French restaurant, they're called pommes frites

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Time's up! The correct answer was French fries

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YOU'RE AN ANIMAL!

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It's the genus & species of this animal ("caveman")

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Time's up! The correct answer was Homo sapiens

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HIT TUNES

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"Doo Wop (That Thing)"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lauryn Hill

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BRAND NAMES

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This VCR brand's name came from the Latin for "great voice"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Magnavox

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TRANSPORTATION

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was London

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ARCHITECTS

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

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

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CARDS & DICE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was 52

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ROCKS & MINERALS

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Largest block ever found of it in U.S., 56 tons, was used for Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

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Time's up! The correct answer was marble

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FIRSTS

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Marie Antoinette is credited with introducing these rolls to France

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Time's up! The correct answer was croissants

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THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M"

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It "Becomes Electra" (8)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mourning

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MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MOVIES

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A baseball drama: "Bang the _____ Slowly"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Drum

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ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS

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Idea count

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Time's up! The correct answer was Education

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AMERICANA

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The name of this Texas city is Spanish for "yellow"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Amarillo

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GOING DUTCH

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It's a cinch you know the Dutch call this fashion accessory "een ceintuur"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Belt

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POETS' RHYME TIME

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Sylvia's tub times

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Time's up! The correct answer was Plath's baths

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3-LETTER ABBREV.

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On some forms & applications: DOB

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Time's up! The correct answer was date of birth

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JUBAL EARLY

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Confederate general Jubal Early idolized this general, who called him "My Bad Old Man"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robert E. Lee

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FAIRY TALE FEMMES

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She ate the window pane of the witch's cottage

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gretel

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ONE-WORD RHYMES

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Nicole Kidman is one; so was Lucille Ball & Vincent Van Gogh

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Time's up! The correct answer was redhead

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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

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In January 1970 Boeing introduced this first wide-bodied jumbo jet; it could seat up to 452 passengers

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Time's up! The correct answer was 747

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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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MAGAZINE FEATURES

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

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

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HEADQUARTERS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Enron

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SPOOKS

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This spy came a long way from her origins as the daughter of a Dutch hatter

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mata Hari

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I HAVEN'T READ SHAKESPEARE, BUT...

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This tragedy has got to be set in a small village, hence the title

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Time's up! The correct answer was Hamlet

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THE BIG APPLE

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Artsy types like Maya Lin & Art Spiegelman find inspiration in this area that gets its name from its northern border

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Time's up! The correct answer was SoHo

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ANY FIRST WORDS?

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Something that's leading in every respect is "first &" this superlative adjective

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Time's up! The correct answer was foremost

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3-NAMED AUTHORS

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His novels include "The Prairie", "The Pioneers", & "The Pathfinder"

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Time's up! The correct answer was James Fenimore Cooper

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TELL ME "Y"

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Aden is the second-largest city in this Middle Eastern hot spot

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yemen

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SAINTS

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This scholarly 13th century saint was often called "The Angelic Doctor"

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Time's up! The correct answer was St. Thomas Aquinas

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NATIONS OF AFRICA

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Add 2 letters to Niger to get the name of this country just south of it

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nigeria

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FOOD & DRINK

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was foie gras

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A LITERARY TOUR

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Head to Odense, Denmark to see his childhood home & sculptures inspired by his fairy tales

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Time's up! The correct answer was Andersen

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"LESS" IS MORE

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Ticketless

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___ OG

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Something can do this to your bad memory; it's also a wheel on a Sony Clie

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Time's up! The correct answer was jog

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GO "SOUTH"

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...to here, where you'll find the cities of Christchurch & Dunedin

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Time's up! The correct answer was the South Island

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THE "A"s

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Winston Churchill said that this weapon "brought peace, but man alone can keep that peace"

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Time's up! The correct answer was the atomic bomb

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CARTOONS

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Ms. Frizzle, a science teacher, drives this title vehicle

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Magic School Bus

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RHYMES WITH SMART

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Composer Wolfgang

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mozart

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U.S. GEOGRAPHY

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There's a national park on the island of St. John in this U.S. possession

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Time's up! The correct answer was U.S. Virgin Islands

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SOUNDS LIKE A RAPPER

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"It's" one of these "that blows nobody any good"

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Time's up! The correct answer was an ill wind

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CITY OF BIRTH

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The controversial Ahmed Chalabi

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Time's up! The correct answer was Baghdad

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AVIARY

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Perhaps "imitating" Florida, in 1929 Arkansas chose this as its state bird

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Time's up! The correct answer was mockingbird

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STARTS WITH "W"

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The eve of May Day, on which witches were believed to rendezvous

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Time's up! The correct answer was Walpurgisnacht

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NOTED EUROPEANS

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On the 50th anniv. of Bunker Hill, this European was back on our shores to lay the monument's cornerstone

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lafayette

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FOOD & DRINK

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

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