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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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THE CIVIL WAR

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This battle was Lee's last major offensive

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Time's up! The correct answer was Gettysburg

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LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A"

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San Diego County is estimated to have a million acres of this Spanish-named dense shrub growth

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Time's up! The correct answer was chaparral

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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS

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In 1993 she became the first woman from Ukraine to win the world figure skating championships

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Time's up! The correct answer was Oksana Baiul

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THE "W.B."

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It's worn by a novice in judo or karate

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Time's up! The correct answer was White belt

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COLONIAL ARTS

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This South Carolina city that gave us a popular dance in the 1930s was the site of the first opera in America in 1735

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charleston

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THE REEL STORY

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M. Night Shyamalan wrote & directed this creepy Bruce Willis-Haley Joel Osment film

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Sixth Sense

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THE EYES HAVE IT

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Flower seen here (that fits the category)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Iris

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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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U.N. SECRETARIES-GENERAL

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This Oslo-born secretary-general served in the Norwegian government in exile during WWII

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Time's up! The correct answer was Trygve Lie

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IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD

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Christopher Columbus sampled this grain in Cuba, declaring it "most tasty boiled, roasted or ground into flour"

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Time's up! The correct answer was corn

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BALLET

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The School of American Ballet is the official school of this major metropolitan ballet company

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Time's up! The correct answer was New York

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LITERATURE

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Chapter 13 of this classic novel is called "Another View of Hester"

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Scarlet Letter

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NOTABLE NONHUMANS

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In 1945 this famous scottie was injured in a fight with Blaze, Elliott Roosevelt's mastiff

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fala

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CINEMATIC DICTIONARY

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The inventors of this camera-stabilizing device won a special 1977 Oscar

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Time's up! The correct answer was Steadicam

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MUSEUMS

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The Eisenhower Center in this Kansas town houses numerous mementos of the president's life & career

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Time's up! The correct answer was Abilene

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AMERICAN EXPLORERS

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Senator Thomas Hart Benton's son-in-law was this "Pathfinder"

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

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MONEY SLANG

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No "Wonder" you're on a "roll" -- you're not a "loaf"er & you're earning a lot of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bread/dough

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POETS & POETRY

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Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote of this ship, "Oh better that her shattered hulk should sink beneath the wave"

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Old Ironsides"

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ODDS & ENDS

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This oil cartel controls 40% of world production

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Time's up! The correct answer was OPEC

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DISNEY VILLAINS

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Ursula

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Little Mermaid

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"SIDE" EFFECTS

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Economists also know it as Reaganomics

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Time's up! The correct answer was supply-side economics

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AGRICULTURE

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The type of irrigation seen here, it was used in Israel to make the desert bloom

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Time's up! The correct answer was drip irrigation

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BEFORE & AFTER

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Star of "The Exorcist" who disappears from the Maryland woods in a scary 1999 film

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

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TRAVEL

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This Rome landmark is 620 feet long by 513 wide-- plenty of room to run away from a wild beast

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Colosseum

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"CH"ILL OUT!

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Specific 5-letter term for the block of wood you wedge under the wheels when jacking up a car

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Time's up! The correct answer was chock

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BACKWORDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Evian

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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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PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS

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In 1991 Nigel Hawthorne won a Tony for his role as this author in William Nicholson's play "Shadowlands"

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Time's up! The correct answer was C.S. Lewis

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HOTELS

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The most famous hotel of this Canadian city is seen here: (Chateau Frontenac)

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Time's up! The correct answer was Quebec City

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ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE

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This Yankee was the "greatest drawing card in history of baseball"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Babe Ruth

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"BLACK" OR "WHITE"

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John Archibald Wheeler coined this term in the '60s for a collapsed star so dense, no light can escape it

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Time's up! The correct answer was black hole

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DOWN AT THE OLFACTORY

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a cedar

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PUSH BY SAFIRE

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Safire wrote, "A president's ability to deflect charges of sleaze...aimed at his administration" was a this-coated presidency

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Time's up! The correct answer was teflon

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THE "BUTLER" DID IT

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Film character who said, "You should be kissed, and often, and by someone who knows how"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rhett Butler

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AMERICANS IN PARIS

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He worked on his "An American in Paris" while staying with brother Ira at Paris' Hotel Majestic

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Time's up! The correct answer was George Gershwin

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MOVIE MUSIC

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was choir

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WOOD & WIND

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His play "Under Milk Wood", about the inhabitants of a Welsh seaside town, was published posthumously

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Time's up! The correct answer was Dylan Thomas

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THE JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION

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In 1805 U.S. Marines stormed the shores of this Barbary state at Derna, helping to end the raids on American ships

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Time's up! The correct answer was Tripoli

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POP CULTURE

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In a 2011 movie comedy, the 3 title "horrible" these were summarized as psycho, maneater & tool

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Time's up! The correct answer was bosses

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LET'S VISIT AUSTRIA

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This English king was held prisoner in 1193 in a castle above Durnstein, Austria

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Time's up! The correct answer was Richard the Lionhearted

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MUSICAL THEATER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Evita

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"V" IS FOR

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...this, like Paricutin in Mexico

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Time's up! The correct answer was volcano

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SCULPTURE

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This English sculptor made one of his reclining figures for the 1951 Festival of Britain

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Time's up! The correct answer was Henry Moore

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SOUNDS LIKE A CAPITAL CITY

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Is old-time ballplayer Yogi able to?

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Time's up! The correct answer was Canberra

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"L.B."s

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Even before Thomas Edison, Sir Joseph Wilson Swan was aglow with his invention of this

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Time's up! The correct answer was light bulb

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ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE

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This 2009 inductee was "faster than a speeding bullet"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Rickey Henderson

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BIRDS

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In captivitiy, these wading birds are fed carotenoid pigments to keep the plumage color they have in the wild

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Time's up! The correct answer was Flamingo

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DRESSING

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was a kilt

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TITLE 9

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Daniel Okrent: "Nine ___: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Innings

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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A magnetic field is measured in units called gauss or this after a real "coil" guy

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Time's up! The correct answer was Nikola Tesla

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AMERICAN PLAYS

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He revised his 1st play, "Farther Off From Heaven", & retitled it "The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs"

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Time's up! The correct answer was William Inge

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FRUITS & VEGETABLES

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The summer varieties of this gourd-like vegetable are eaten green; the winter ones, ripe

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Time's up! The correct answer was squash

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HOME

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In new houses, when all your lights go out, you flip the circuit breaker back; in old houses, you change these

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fuses

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SHAMANISM ON YOU

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The Warao Indians of South America believe this noisy shamanic gourd instrument has healing properties

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Time's up! The correct answer was a rattle

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ODDS & ENDS

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This city's Hartsfield International overtook O'Hare as the world's busiest airport even before the Summer Olympics

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Time's up! The correct answer was Atlanta

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BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE

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In Jerome Robbins' "Celebration", couples representing 5 countries dance this, "step for 2" in French

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Time's up! The correct answer was pas de deux

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BRUCE ALMIGHTY

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This actor lived up to the title of his TV show in 1987 when he hit the Top 40 chart with "Respect Yourself"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bruce Willis

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THE LAST BATTLE

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The Siege of Yorktown

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Time's up! The correct answer was the American Revolution

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GOLD RUSH

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Tourists now rush to this man's 1839 Adobe Fort in Sacramento, California

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Time's up! The correct answer was John Sutter

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WAR MOVIES

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1936: Errol Flynn leads a cavalry unit into cannon, annihilation & everlasting glory

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Time's up! The correct answer was Charge of the Light Brigade

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HABEAS CORPSES

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In part due to fears of body snatching, his body was moved 17 times around his Springfield, Ill. national monument

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lincoln

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"ANT" INFESTATION

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Unyielding in your opinion that the singer of "Goody Two Shoes" is the greatest singer ever

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Time's up! The correct answer was adamant

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SOMETHING'S A "FOOT"

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A person near death is said to have one

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Time's up! The correct answer was One foot in the grave

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WEEDS

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This fabric follows Queen Anne's in the name of the weed seen here

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Time's up! The correct answer was Lace

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MOVIE MUSICALS

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Actor who sang "If I Only Had The Nerve" & "If I Were King Of The Forest" in "The Wizard Of Oz"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Bert Lahr

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MEDICAL MILESTONES

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was syphilis

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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Take the fibrinogen out of blood plasma & you're left with a fluid called this

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Time's up! The correct answer was Serum

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DANGER IN WONDERLAND

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Don't let the smile fool you--this feline has razor-sharp claws & a cloaking device; terminate with extreme prejudice

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Cheshire Cat

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SKIP TO MY "LOO"

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Chinese city opposite Hong Kong island

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Time's up! The correct answer was Kowloon

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20th CENTURY BALLET

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This great Spanish cubist designed sets & costumes for the 1919 ballet "The Three-Cornered Hat"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Picasso

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COMPOSERS

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Mendelssohn wrote a series of 49 piano pieces which were appropriately titled “Songs Without” these

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Time's up! The correct answer was words

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5-LETTER WORDS

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was pithy

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GEOGRAPHY

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A smaller canal connecting to this river brings fresh water to the Suez Canal

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Nile

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CNN

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Named for its Brooklyn-born host, this "live" interview show debuted on CNN in June 1985

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Time's up! The correct answer was "Larry King Live"

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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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ISLANDS

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Singapore seceded from this country in 1965

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Time's up! The correct answer was Malaysia

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ROSE BOWL HISTORY

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The only time the game wasn't held in Calif. was 1942, when it was in N.C., amidst fears of another event like this one

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Time's up! The correct answer was Pearl Harbor

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JUAN

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Days out of prison in 1945, he married Maria Eva Duarte; we now know her as Evita

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Time's up! The correct answer was Juan Peron

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TV DRAMAS BY EPISODE

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"Warrior... Princess... Tramp"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Xena Warrior Princess

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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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IT BORDERS INDIA

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On its extreme east, India borders this nation that changed its name following a coup in 1989

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Time's up! The correct answer was Myanmar

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ALBUMS THAT ROCK

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"American Idiot", "Dookie"

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Time's up! The correct answer was Green Day

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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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THE CAST OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

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This "Mannix" star was known as Touch Connors when he played an Amalekite herder in the film

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Time's up! The correct answer was Mike Connors

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SCIENCE & NATURE

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Newton, Cassegrain, Schmidt & Maksutov all have types of this instrument named for them

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Time's up! The correct answer was Telescope

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TECHNOLOGY

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A box of 64 Crayola crayons has one of these devices "built-in"

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Time's up! The correct answer was a sharpener

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MOUNTAINS

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Geological evidence shows that this 5,000-mile mountain chain may extend south into Antarctica

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Time's up! The correct answer was the Andes

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COMICS STRIP

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Ken Jeong bared all as crime lord Mr. Chow in this 2009 Vegas comedy

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Time's up! The correct answer was The Hangover

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FAMOUS NAMES

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A grandson of Man O' War, he defeated his uncle in a famous matchup November 1, 1938

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Time's up! The correct answer was Seabiscuit

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ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER

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

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Time's up! The correct answer was Fatah

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BRAND NAMES

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Mass production of these in the U.S. can be traced back to Donald F. Duncan in the 1920s

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Time's up! The correct answer was Yo-yos

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THE UPPER CRUST

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Ulysses Grant's granddaughter Julia married a prince from this country & had to flee its revolution in 1917

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Time's up! The correct answer was Russia

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"PH"UN WORDS

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Now meaning those who are hostile to the arts, in biblical times it was a people subdued by King David

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Time's up! The correct answer was a Philistine

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IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS

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From Koluszki to Kolno, & Wozniki to Strzelce, visit us, but just know we've heard all the jokes already

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Time's up! The correct answer was Poland

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OH, BEE GEE

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Barry Gibb was born in 1946; these 2 fraternal twins were born in 1949

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Time's up! The correct answer was Robin & Maurice

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ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!

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For feminists: NOW

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Time's up! The correct answer was National Organization for Women

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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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THE REDCOATS ARE COMING!

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The British ferried 2,200 troops across this river to battle the Americans at Bunker Hill

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

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A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS

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DePaul, Wheaton, Northwestern

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Time's up! The correct answer was Illinois

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BEFORE & AFTER

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Dystopian Anthony Burgess novel that's a New Zealand fish

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Time's up! The correct answer was A Clockwork Orange Roughy

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STRINGS

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The hope behind String Theory is that it will result in this, sometimes shortened to "T.O.E."

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Time's up! The correct answer was the theory of everything

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LITERATURE

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This Muriel Spark novel is set at the Marcia Blaine School For Girls in Edinburgh

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James & Lady Blanche have a "declaration": the July 25, 1848 birth of this future foreign secretary & prime minister

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LOW TECH

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This brand says its "magic" tape is "the original matte-finish, invisible tape"

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WORLD GEOGRAPHY

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1 of the 2 Central American countries with only 1 sea coast

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MUSEUMS

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The Whizstreet "Up In Smoke" Museum is a web site exhibiting the art of these colorful cigar items

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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

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The 24th Amendment says you don't have to pay this type of tax, or any other in order to vote

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ANIMAL TERMS

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To "go whole" this animal means to indulge completely

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THEY REST IN NEBRASKA

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Though he starred in "Oklahoma!" this husband of Sheila is buried in Nebraska

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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

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Phil Collins once said, "Whatever else I am, I'm" one of these "first"

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"DEEP" DISH

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This region of the U.S. includes Mississippi & Alabama

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HEADQUARTERS

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The Ford Motor Company has long been headquartered in this city that adjoins Detroit

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1984

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This science fact & fiction writer published his 300th book which he called "Opus 300"

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WHY?

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They're "unlucky" because in the Middle Ages they were thought to be the mascots of witches

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GRAPES

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In an Aesop fable, this animal decides the grapes he can't reach must therefore be sour

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DON'T BE A PAIN

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There are several types of these nerve cells: some respond to temperature, some to pressure & some to pain

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HERE COMES BAHRAIN AGAIN

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A causeway linking Bahrain & Saudi Arabia is named for this man who became Saudi king in 1982

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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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THE TREES WERE ANGRY THAT DAY, MY FRIENDS

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A tree snatches Robbie in this 1982 thriller known for the catchphrase "They're heee-reee!"

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HOW INSPIRATIONAL

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This "Candide" author helped popularize the saying, "The perfect is the enemy of the good"

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WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?

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To make this dish, beef is topped with pate de foie gras & a mushroom paste before it's wrapped in pastry & cooked

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HISTORY

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Built in 312 B.C. to link Rome & the South of Italy, it's still in use today

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STATE OF THE UNION

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The Jack Daniel's distillery is in Lynchburg in this state

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TOM WOLFE

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It's Wolfe's 1968 book about Ken Kesey & friends' cross-country journey

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AN ARTHUR BEE

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Go to Flushing Meadows & see the 22,547-capacity stadium named for this man

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AMERICAN LITERATURE

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It's the nickname of William Lonigan, the 15-year-old hero of a 1930s trilogy written by James T. Farrell

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YES, THAT'S "WHITE"

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A chess piece, or a company involved in a friendly takeover of another

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WEATHER WORLD

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In Venezuela, this "season" is from April to October; in the mountains of Peru, from November to March

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COVER ME!

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This Van Halen frontman re-did Louis Prima's "Just A Gigolo" in 1985

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BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS

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1932: "Magnificent Inn"

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TIME TO GET SIMON-IZED

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This playwright won a Pulitzer in 1991 with "Lost in Yonkers"

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POTPOURRI

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The national conference of these two religious groups sponsors Brotherhood-Sisterhood Week

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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

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From the Greek "psallein", to pluck, we get this plucked type of zither that's mentioned in the Bible

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TRAVEL & TOURISM

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1 of 2 famous Danish breweries you can tour in Copenhagen

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RIVERS

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It was once believed that this river "originated in the Mountains of the Moon"

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HOMOPHONIC PAIRS

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Contented performing kittens might be paid this way

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BEFORE & AFTER

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Van Gogh's 1889 painting of director George Romero's 1968 zombie film classic

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THEY ALSO RAN

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Formerly a U.S. Secretary of Energy & U.N. Ambassador, he's now the Governor of New Mexico

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RINGING THE OPENING BELL AT THE NYSE

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

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KIDDIE LIT

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Chapter 4 of this 1908 classic is called "Morning at Green Gables"

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FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'

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

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PUNJAB

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As part of his Easternmost conquests, this Greek's armies occupied the Punjab around 327 B.C.

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WHAT'S YOUR BEEF?

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It's the French name for boeuf braised in red wine, usually garnished with mushrooms & white onions

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Bœuf

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INITIAL T.V.

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Organization that employed Alexander Waverly, Mark Slate & Illya Kuryakin

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BORN IN THE WINDY CITY

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

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10-LETTER WORDS

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

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STAMPS

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Woo hoo! In 2009 this animated family was chosen to grace stamps, though postage did go up to 44 cents (D'oh!)

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"O"PERA

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Verdi's work on this General's life opens in Cyprus; Shakespeare's tale begins in Venice

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HOME FURNISHINGS

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A jardiniere is a decorative stand for holding these

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LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L"

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Imagist Amy (6)

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CLIMBING

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Also meaning to stop an action, in climbing it means to secure another person with a rope

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WORD ORIGINS

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

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OF "RATH"

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Basement beerhall in Bavaria

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THOSE WACKY GERMANS

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The food many Germans like best is wurst, which are these hot-dog-shaped meat treats

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Bratwurst

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Sausages

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ASIAN CAPITALS

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

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OSCAR-WINNING ROLES

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1951: Boat captain Charlie Allnut

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THE VIRTUES

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It was the "T" in the 19th century's WCTU

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LITERARY LAST NAME'S THE SAME

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C.K., Emlyn, Tennessee

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FEELING POSSESSIVE

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In literature, gamekeeper Oliver Mellors

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LIFE SCIENCE

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In nat. selection, a ref froggus trebekus has .5 relative fitness if it produces 1/2 as many of these as a pink one

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THE "UNDER" WORLD

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The seaward pull away from shore after a wave has broken

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CHANTED

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Named for a 6th century pope, these a capella songs might have earned a Papal's Choice Award

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RUSSIA

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They're the colors of the three stripes on the Russian flag

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THE SILVER SCREEN

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1960 film that says "Matricide is probably the most unbearable crime of all", especially for "the son who commits it"

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"KEY"s

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No bones about it, it opens many locks

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hammer

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a skeleton key

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INTO THE "WOOD"s

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A heavyset rodent common in northern North America

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gopher

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groundhog

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a woodchuck

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3-LETTER ABBREV.

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A religious group: LDS

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linsane dlown sossee

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latter day saints

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TWO

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In suds: Eberhard Anheuser &...

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busch

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BIBLICAL PEOPLE & PLACES

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Ezra was the leader of the Jews who returned from this land, by whose waters they had sat down & wept

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dangi

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babylon

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A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS

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DePaul, Wheaton, Northwestern

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BIG "STAR"

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In WWI Germany introduced this chemical weapon, C<sub>4</sub>H<sub>8</sub>Cl<sub>2</sub>S

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mustard gas

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WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS

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

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NAME THE FILM

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2007: "I... drink... your... milkshake! I drink it up!"

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I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU

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Neil Gaiman wrote, "Now slip, now slide, now move unseen, above, beneath, betwixt," this

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"ROCK"Y

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Also known as the Mosque of Omar, it was home to the Knights Templar during the Crusades

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POLITICAL TALK

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A "strict" one of these 15-letter words tends to interpret the Constitution literally

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POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS

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"For the love of" Wyoming senator Enzi!

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THE NEXT BIBLE BOOK AFTER...

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Mark

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REMEMBER THE TIME

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In 960 Mieczyslaw I became the first ruler of this country

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HITCHCOCK

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Hitchcock made this film in 1934 & then remade it in 1956 with Doris Day & Jimmy Stewart

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I KNOW THAT WORD BACKWARDS & FORWARDS

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Reza Khan, born in Iran in 1878, & his son were these for a combined 54 years

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HERE'S LUCY

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Before playing Xena, she co-hosted the travel show "Air New Zealand Holiday"

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LYRICS FROM MUSICALS

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"Beauty school dropout, no graduation day for you"

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High School Musical

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Greece

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Grease

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SYNONYMS

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As a noun, it's a synonym for "flower", as a verb, it's to blossom or come into one's own

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Regrowth

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Bloom

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LET'S MESS WITH TEXAS

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

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Police

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The Texas rangers

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GANGSTER'S DICTIONARY

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I hates it when the cops put these "bracelets" on me after a bust

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Handcuffs

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Handcuffs

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IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"

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Giving a portion of one's income, typically 10%, to one's church

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Donation

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Tithing

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WHEREFORE "ART" THOU

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In a nursery rhyme, a queen makes some of these only to have them stolen by a knave

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Poetry

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Tarts

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NURSERY RHYMES

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It's what Peter, Peter ate; later he kept his wife in the shell of one

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Peter

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Pumpkin

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SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD

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In 1999 she wasn't shirtless in Seattle but rather in Pasadena after her kick won the Women's World Cup for the U.S.

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MATH TERMS

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

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%

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WHAT TO WEAR

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In 2002 John Gotti was buried in a pinstripe suit of this characteristic closing type

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IRAQNOPHOBIA

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The ancient Greeks gave the area between the Tigris & Euphrates this name, which means "between rivers"

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Messopotamia

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KNIGHTS

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Code of behavior for a knight to remember

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Chivalry

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Chivalry

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I READ THE NEWS TODAY

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At the time JFK was shot, Jack Ruby was placing some ads in this "morning" publication

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Morning tribune

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Dallas morning news

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POUR ME A STIFF ONE

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Nonpotent potable in common to a fuzzy navel & a screwdriver

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Drill

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Probably orange juice

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"O" YOU ANIMAL!

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It "coughs" out sediment by clapping its shell shut

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Probably oyster

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THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH

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1952: Infant king Fu'ad II

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France

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Spain

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Probably egypt

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Egypt

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IN THE GOOD OLD SUMER TIME

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These Sumerian pyramids were topped by temples

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Pyramids

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Mayans

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Probably ziggurats

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MEDICINE

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

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Probably negative ions

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Negative ions

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WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA?

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Like Ptolemy, about whom he wrote, Theon placed this body in the center of the cosmos

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Gods

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SOMETHIN' TO "C"

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The means of production are privately owned in this economic system

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Probably capitalism

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MILITARY POWER

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

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Planes

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Probably radar

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Radio

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Rodes

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WHEN THEY WERE TEENS

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This TV "Friend" was a cheerleader at Mountain Brook High School in Alabama

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OK bye

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Courtney Vox

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MYTHOLOGY

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Daphnis, who invented pastoral poetry, was the son of this Greek messenger god & a Sicilian nymph

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Horcus

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BEFORE & AFTER

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Projection at the southern tip of South America also called a cornucopia

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FOR THE FASHIONISTA

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Launched by her brother in the '90s, a fragrance called Blonde was inspired by this Italian designer's long blonde hair

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CONTAINERS

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The American Heritage Dict.'s 1st pronunciation for this word rhymes it with "lace"; another with, with "bras"

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Brase

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case

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Lase

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Tase

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AMERICAN FICTION WRITERS

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

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LOL

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ANAGRAMMED BIRDS

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A head-banger: cowpoke red

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Probably woodpecker

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Woodpecker

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CONGRESSIONAL MISDEMEANORS

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In 1921 Congress censured Rep. Thomas Blanton for inserting "obscene matter" into this publication

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Rascim

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Wow

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e

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centennial

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something

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SCIENTISTS

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This naturalist wrote, "for my own part I would as soon be descended from that heroic little monkey"

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yeah

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darwin

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IT DON'T MEAN A "THING"

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Zip, nada, el zilcho

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LMAO

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Probably nothing

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Zip, nada, el zilcho

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nothing

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LET'S GET MAS*Hed

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William Christopher played this lovable chaplain on the show

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host

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guy

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father

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something

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SAINTS BE PRAISED

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The first American citizen canonized was an immigrant from this country

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Germany

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France

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Italy

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WHAT COLOR IS GREEN?

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This old song says, "Alas, my love, you do me wrong, to cast me off discourteously"

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envy

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what

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HISTORIC DATES

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He dissolved England's Rump Parliament on April 20, 1653

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ill dissolve your rump

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Ayo?

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BACKWORDS

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You know so much about policy, you qualify as this

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Police

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RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME

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Society of Friends' parcels of land

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Christianity

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Probably quaker acres

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Quakers*

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ACTRESSES' FIRST FILMS

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"The Outlaw"

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ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN

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White crossover artists featured on "Soul Train" have included David Bowie & this "Island Girl" singer

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Probably Elton john

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FLEMISH & DUTCH MASTERS

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His "Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp" featured the doctor, his colleagues & a cadaver

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RUSSELING

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"Stargate" star who's Goldie Hawn's longtime companion

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Probably Kurt Russell

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ENGLISH CLASS

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When "do not" and "should not" are contracted, this mark of punctuation is used to show missing letters

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Probably apostrophe

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ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE

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This character first hit the radio in 1928 with his partner Andy

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