TIME ZONE CITIES
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$200
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Charleston, West Virginia
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Eastern
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$400
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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Mountain
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$600
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Central
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$800
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Las Vegas, Nevada
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Pacific Time
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$1000
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Detroit, Michigan
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Eastern
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CRAYOLA COLORS IN OTHER FORMS
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$200
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Despite looking a lot like insulation, this alliterative spun sugar confection is always a fave
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cotton candy
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$400
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To grow crimson in embarrassment, or a cosmetic used to add color to cheeks
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blush
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$600
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The name of this plant comes from an Irish word meaning "clover"
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shamrock
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$800
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This type of light has a wavelength shorter than 400 nanometers (but the crayon splits it into 2 words)
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ultraviolet
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$1000
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"Off we go into" this 3-word phrase in an Air Force song, "climbing high into the sun"
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wild blue yonder
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BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN
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$200
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Memento Park in Budapest, Hungary.) Memento Park has Communist statues relocated from others sites in Budapest, like the one at the entrance of these two authors of "The Communist Manifesto"
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Marx & Engels
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$400
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Memento Park in Budapest, Hungary.) Bela Kun founded the Hungarian Communist Party after World War I, but in the 1930s fell victim to a Russian purge of followers of this exile
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Trotsky
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$600
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Memento Park in Budapest, Hungary.) This is a replica of a grandstand in Budapest. During an attempted revolt against Communism in 1956, protesters brought down the statue of this recent Soviet leader, leaving only his boots remaining
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Stalin
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$800
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Memento Park in Budapest, Hungary.) After Lenin triumphed in the Russian Revolution, he soon helped install a short-lived government in Hungary on the principles of this movement from Russian for "greater"
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the Bolsheviks
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$1000
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Memento Park in Budapest, Hungary.) A statue remembers the Hungarians who fought fascists on behalf of the Spanish Republic. They were directed by this association of world Communist parties, an early organ of Soviet dominance
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the comintern
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FOOD
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$200
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Venus, steamer & cherrystone are all types of this seafood
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clams
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$400
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Iceberg, heirloom & a rasher are the main trio in this classic sandwich
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a BLT
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$600
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The Isle of Wight & Lake Worth, Florida both have annual festivals honoring this pungent bulb & its endless potential
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garlic
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$800
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The name of this spicy Cajun stew comes from the French for "to smother"
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etouffee
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$1000
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To make a Pavlova dessert, start with a base of this beaten mixture, then top it with whipped cream & fruit
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meringue
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""INNA"
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$200
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Your guts
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innards
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$400
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At one time it was the Dutch East India Company's most profitable spice
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cinnamon
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$600
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The highest point of achievement
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pinnacle
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$800
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In the first stanza of a poem, Edgar Allan Poe used this lengthy word to describe the sound of "the bells"
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tintinnabulation
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$1000
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This triangular sail is said to be an alteration of the name of the racing yacht "Sphinx"
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spinnaker
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GOT A DeVITO
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$200
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As this character in "Batman Returns", Danny DeVito kidnaps, murders &, even worse, enters politics!
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the Penguin
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$400
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Danny was ringmaster Max Medici in the 2019 live-action version of this classic Disney cartoon
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Dumbo
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$600
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In season 2 of this FXX sitcom, Danny joined the cast as the crusty Frank Reynolds
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It\'s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
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$800
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Voicing this title Dr. Seuss character in a 2012 animated film, DeVito said, "I speak for the trees!"
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the Lorax
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$1000
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The poster for this film Danny made with Schwarzenegger said, "Only their mother can tell them apart"
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Twins
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DAY JOB VU
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$800
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In 2019 Rep. AOC went back to tending bar for a day to bring notice to this federal standard for workers getting tips: $2.13 an hour
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minimum wage
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$1200
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On Sept. 11, 2009, almost 9 months after an unusual landing, he was back in the cockpit for a flight from Charlotte to Atlanta
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Captain Sully
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$1600
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In 1973 Erich Segal, author of this weepy bestseller about a dying coed, quit teaching classics at Yale, but he returned in the '80s
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Love Story
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$2000
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In '96 this ex-pres. of Poland returned to his electrician gig in Gdansk; his first day included a press conference & a vacation request
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Lech Walesa
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MAGIC IN LITERATURE
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$400
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In Glen Cook's "Black Company" series, Soulcatcher flies around on one of these, just like in the "Thousand and One Nights"
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a magic carpet
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$1200
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To access power, mages in the "Malazan" series use & travel in these, just like the burrows where rabbits live
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warrens
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$1600
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Allomancers in the "Mistborn" series can burn metals like iron & even these, like pewter & duralumin
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alloys
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$2000
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Everyone has a special magic talent in this author's "Xanth" series that began with "A Spell for Chameleon"
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Piers Anthony
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ITALIAN LOANWORDS IN ENGLISH
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$1200
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Italian for "hell", it's used in English to describe a raging fire
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an inferno
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$1600
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In Italian it's the faculty of sight; in English it's a distant view to be had from a vantage point
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vista
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$2000
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From the Italian for "undertaking", it's someone who organizes public entertainments like operas or ballets
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an impresario
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I WRITE A SYMPHONY
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$800
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This "Carmen" composer hid away his "Symphony in C", maybe because it was too imitative of his teacher Charles Gounod
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Bizet
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$1200
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Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 3 is named for this Jewish prayer for the dead & uses its words
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Kaddish
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$1600
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The Finnish govt. commissioned him to write a symphony to celebrate his own 50th birthday & he conducted the premiere on the day
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Sibelius
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$2000
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Schubert wrote some great symphonies & so did this near contemporary, including the one heard here
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Robert Schumann
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POP GOES THE CULTURE
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$400
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Ed Asner voiced Carl Fredricksen in this Pixar film that ballooned to $700 million-plus at the box office
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Up
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$800
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In the original 1954 film, nuclear weapons testing is what awakens this creature & sends him on his rampage on Tokyo
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Godzilla
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$1200
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Mr. Potato Head was not enough! In a 2019 deal, this toy brand added Peppa Pig & of course gangster rap label Death Row Records
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Hasbro
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$1600
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In 2019, those who made the pilgrimage to the Pilgrimage Festival in Franklin, Tennessee included this band led by Dave Grohl
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the Foo Fighters
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$2000
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In 2012 this Oscar-winning actress & humanitarian became a special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency
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Angelina Jolie
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""M"EN OF THE PAST
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$400
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For this poet it was paradise found (hopefully) Nov. 8, 1674
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(John) Milton
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$800
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In June 1527 death was cunning & unscrupulous in taking this Italian political thinker
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Machiavelli
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$1200
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On July 20, 1937 , we short-waved goodbye to this Italian inventor
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Marconi
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$1600
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This Serbian leader's war crimes trial & life were adjourned for good March 11, 2006
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Milosevic
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$2000
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He's seen here in 1921 on Mount Everest. His life ended on the mountain in 1924
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(George) Mallory
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AMERICAN HISTORY
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N/A
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After statesman & banker Robert Morris turned down a job offer from George Washington, this man took the job
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Alexander Hamilton
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