Category | Cash | Clue | Answer | % Correct |
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'90s R&B & HIP-HOP | $200 | In "U Can't Touch This", he rapped his thanks to the Lord "for blessing me with a mind to rhyme & 2 hyped feet" | MC Hammer | 71%
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WRITERS DO RIGHT | $200 | This British mystery maven described thallium poisoning so well in a book, a nurse recognized the symptoms in a child | Agatha Christie | 64%
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ROMA LIFE & CULTURE | $200 | The Gabor are a Roma group around the city Targu Mures in this country that sounds like it should have a large Roma minority & does | Romania | 64%
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RATTLE & HUM | $400 | Timber & sidewinder are common varieties of this | rattlesnake | 57%
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RATTLE & HUM | $200 | The rapid vibration of their wings gives these tiny avians their name | a hummingbird | 50%
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U2 | $400 | Word describing a diamond in original form, or a movie that hasn't seen an editor yet | uncut | 43%
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ROMA LIFE & CULTURE | $600 | Making do with foods others might ignore, the Roma developed culinary dishes like niglo, this quilled mammal baked in clay | a hedgehog | 36%
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SCI. ABBR. | $800 | It makes fat & muscle relative: BMI | body mass index | 36%
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'90s R&B & HIP-HOP | $400 | Making their Top 40 debut in 1991, this vocal group told us, "Motownphilly's back again, doin' a little East Coast swing" | Boyz II Men | 36%
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'90s R&B & HIP-HOP | $600 | Ladies love this cool guy who was both "Doin It" & "Loungin" in 1996 | LL Cool J | 36%
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WRITERS DO RIGHT | $800 | Dave Eggers' book about this group that shares a name with Peter Pan's gang led to building a school in South Sudan | the Lost Boys | 36%
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BODIES OF WATER | $800 | 20 miles wide at its narrowest, the Strait of Dover connects the English Channel to this body of water | the North Sea | 36%
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'90s R&B & HIP-HOP | $1000 | "I'm kinda buzzed & it's all because" of this Montell Jordan No. 1 R&B hit; we also learned "South Central does it like nobody does" | "This Is How We Do It" | 36%
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GOVERNMENT AGENCIES | $1000 | In 2004 the "A" in watchdog agency the GAO was changed from "Accounting" to this longer word meaning someone will be held responsible | Accountability | 29%
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ROMA LIFE & CULTURE | $800 | The Roma were targeted by the Nazis & August 2 is a day of remembrance for almost 3,000 killed at this camp on that date in 1944 | Auschwitz | 29%
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WRITERS DO RIGHT | $600 | This prolific author, seen here, who wrote of London's seedier side, spent years helping destitute girls there | Dickens | 29%
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'90s R&B & HIP-HOP | $800 | In 1992 this vocal group who are always in style sang, "No, you're never gonna get it" about "My Lovin"' | En Vogue | 29%
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BODIES OF WATER | $1600 | In 1903 Cuba gave the U.S. a lease on 45 square miles of land & water on this bay | Guantanamo | 29%
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RATTLE & HUM | $600 | These fitting loosely in the cylinders, especially when it's cold, can cause a rattle in your car engine | the pistons | 29%
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SPICE UP YOUR LIFE | $1200 | Used in Asian recipes, the star type of this has a licorice-like flavor | anise | 21%
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U2 | $200 | Mike Myers played a "Love" one in a 2008 film | guru | 21%
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THE CRUSADES | $400 | In 1099, 3 years after setting out, the first crusaders achieved their goal, the capture of this city | Jerusalem | 21%
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ROMA LIFE & CULTURE | $400 | A vardo is a Roma one of these conveyances; Roald Dahl owned one & wrote a book about a boy who lives in one | a caravan | 14%
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BODIES OF WATER | $1200 | This vast Canadian lake attracts anglers but you're competing for the fish with the animals the lake is named for | Great Bear Lake | 14%
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SCI. ABBR. | $400 | It's got some heat: kcal | kilocalorie | 14%
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FROM TV TO FILM | $1200 | In the film version of this TV show, Crockett & Tubbs left the Sunshine State for a bit to go to Cuba & Haiti | Miami Vice | 14%
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THE CRUSADES | $800 | The 1095 Council of Clermont called for the First Crusade but also renewed the Pax Dei, this in English | Peace of God | 14%
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SPICE UP YOUR LIFE | $400 | Used especially in baked goods, the Dutch blue variety of these seeds are among the world's best | poppy seeds | 14%
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WRITERS DO RIGHT | $1000 | This author of vampire novels donated $1 from each sale of "The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner" to the Red Cross | Stephenie Meyer | 14%
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GOVERNMENT AGENCIES | $800 | The mission of BLM, short for this, is "to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the public lands" | the Bureau of Land Management | 14%
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BODIES OF WATER | $400 | Croatia's border rivers the Sava & Drava are both tributaries of this one | the Danube | 14%
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GOVERNMENT AGENCIES | $400 | This administration offers a training academy where you can learn about air traffic control or regulatory standards | the FAA | 14%
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SPICE UP YOUR LIFE | $1600 | Tea made from this spice, also called Indian saffron, is said to have anti-inflammatory properties & may also boost immunity | turmeric | 14%
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SCI. ABBR. | $1600 | They are in power across the pond & elsewhere: BTU | British thermal units | 7%
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FROM TV TO FILM | $2000 | A tagline for the 2008 "Sex and the City" movie urged viewers to "Get" this verb "Away" | Carried | 7%
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FROM TV TO FILM | $800 | Elizabeth Banks & Patrick Stewart were both Bosleys in the 2019 adaptation of the TV show about this title trio | Charlie\'s Angels | 7%
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ROMA LIFE & CULTURE | $1000 | This legendary Roma jazz player who lacked the use of 2 left fingers has inspired generations of guitarists | Django Reinhardt | 7%
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GOVERNMENT AGENCIES | $600 | The NRC is involved in the decommissioning of these, like Unit 1 at San Onofre in Southern California | nuclear reactors | 7%
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U2 | $1000 | To yield, as to an overwhelming force or injury | succumb | 7%
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GOVERNMENT AGENCIES | $200 | In 1992 this U.S. agency began working with dry cleaners to keep communities free from chemicals | the EPA | 7%
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WRITERS DO RIGHT | $400 | John Grisham is on the board of the organization known as this Project, which helps right wrongful convictions | the Innocence Project | 7%
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FROM TV TO FILM | $400 | In his Netflix film this comic says he wanted to call his series "Betwixt Two Ferns", but thought it too highbrow | Zach Galifianakis | 7%
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THE YEAR OF BEFORE & AFTER | $2000 | The year of the Battle of Waterloo leads to Andy Warhol's suggested period of notoriety | 1815 minutes of fame | 0%
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THE YEAR OF BEFORE & AFTER | $1600 | William Henry Harrison wins an election; a short nap ensues | 1840 winks | 0%
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THE YEAR OF BEFORE & AFTER | $1200 | Fateful year for the Titanic & a movie in which Henry Fonda plays a juror | 1912 Angry Men | 0%
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THE YEAR OF BEFORE & AFTER | $400 | Prince tune that turns into a sudsy song that you sing on a long car ride | "1999 Bottles Of Beer On The Wall" | 0%
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THE YEAR OF BEFORE & AFTER | $800 | The iPhone is introduced & a marital temptation arises | 2007 year itch | 0%
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U2 | $600 | A lever turns on one | a fulcrum | 0%
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SCI. ABBR. | $1200 | For a closer look: MRI | a magnetic resonance image | 0%
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THE CRUSADES | $1600 | After capturing this Middle Eastern city in 1098, crusaders found what they thought was the holy lance (not the holy hand grenade) | Antioch | 0%
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THE CRUSADES | $2000 | Pope Eugenius III launched the Second Crusade in 1145 with "quantum praedecessores", one of these documents named for its seal | a (papal) bull | 0%
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RATTLE & HUM | $1000 | This Egyptian goddess, seen here, holds a basket & a sistrum, a type of ceremonial rattle | Bastet (Baset) | 0%
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U2 | $800 | Moses' mom put him in an ark made of this plant | bulrushes | 0%
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SPICE UP YOUR LIFE | $800 | An ingredient in old bay seasoning is this type of salt with a crunchy vegetable in its name | celery salt | 0%
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SCI. ABBR. | $2000 | It's a good find: RADAR | radio detection and ranging | 0%
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THE CRUSADES | $1200 | European Christians launched the First Crusade in response to an appeal for help from Alexius Comnenus, ruler of this empire | the Byzantine Empire | 0%
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U.S. MUSEUMS | N/A | Named for a benefactor, it was established in 1893 to house artifacts from the nearby World's Columbian Exposition | the Field Museum | 0%
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RATTLE & HUM | $800 | In the national park called "Great" these structures, you can hear a hum from air passing through millions of grains | the Great Sand Dunes | 0%
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BODIES OF WATER | $2000 | An arm of the Mediterranean, this gulf indents Libya for about 275 miles | the Gulf of Sidra | 0%
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FROM TV TO FILM | $1600 | Last names Heidecker & Wareheim, these 2 title funny guys got a "Billion Dollar Movie" in 2012 | Tim and Eric | 0%
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SPICE UP YOUR LIFE | $2000 | Sesame seeds, sumac & thyme go into this popular end-of-the-alphabet Middle Eastern blend | za-atar | 0%
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